SODIUM AND POTASSIUM CONTENT OF CATARACTOUS HUMAN LENSES

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 12  (1) , 71-75
Abstract
The Na+ and K+ content of human senile cataractous lenses was investigated by flame photometry. A parallelism was found between the severity of the senile cataractous disorder and the increase of Na+ and decrease of K+ content of lenses. The changes in ion concentration were not entirely continuous; gaps were found for both cations in a certain concentration range. The involvement of lens proteins in maintaining the gradients for Na+ and K+ was discussed.

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